BATTLE CREEK, MI -- A man has been arrested after police say he fired a handgun outside his ex-girlfriend's Battle Creek home.

Battle Creek police responded to the 100 block of Frisbie Avenue at 1:20 a.m. Friday after they heard shots fired in the area, according to a news release. Officers talked with a woman who told them that her former boyfriend had just left the area after the shots were fired.

A description of the man was radioed to officers, and an officer found the suspect within minutes in the 100 block of Boardman Avenue and arrested him. The suspect was found in possession of two handguns.

Investigators found "numerous" handgun casings in the road in front of the woman's home, according to the news release.